Mount Hiba

What it is

• Legendary burial site of the deity Izanami located on the Hiroshima and Shimane border.
• Part of the Hiba-Dogo-Taishaku Quasi-National Park with peaks reaching 1,264 meters.
• Site of a 1970 cryptid sighting known as the Hibagon.
• Home to a rare basalt lava lake formed over one million years ago.

What to see

• A moss-covered megalith serving as the mausoleum of Izanami on the Hiroshima peak.
• Kumano Shrine situated at the southwestern foot of the Hiroshima mountain.
• Hibayama Kume Shrine located on the summit of the Shimane peak.
• In-yo-take bamboo, a designated natural monument unique to the mountain summit.

Getting there

• Accessible via a thirty-minute taxi ride from Bingo-Ochiai Station.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.